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About Savannah daily evening recorder. (Savannah, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1879)
D A. I L Y , EVENING Savannah i lira mm 1nC>r3^8 I I I * Recorder. VOL I.—No. 140 . THE SAVANNAH RECORDER, R. M. OBME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Saturday Excepted,) At 161 BAY STREET* Tty ,T. STERN. The Recorder Is served to subscribers, in every part ot the city by careful carriers. Communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Remittance by Check or Post Office orders must be made payable to the order of the pub¬ lisher. We will not undertake to preserve or return rejected communications. Correspondence on Local and general mat¬ ters of Interest solicited. On Advertisements running three, six, and twelve months a liberal reduction from our regular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressed, Re¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the pJ ace ol the Saturday evening edition, which will make six full issues for the week. do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. Why .Ie Took His Life. Hood Alston committed suicide in New Orleans aft* 3 ! writing a full ex¬ planation of why he wished to die. He had been an able writer for the news¬ papers in many of the large cities, his habits had been those of a gentleman, and his death, in the abscence of the letter that he left, would have been inexplicable. He was struck on the head by a piece of shell at Gettysburg, and afterward was affected by brief aberrations of mind, during which he felt an uncontrollable desire to go away from his friends, He was in the In¬ terior Department in Washington, but 'eft tlie position and roved to Montano Two years later he was in California, where he became secretary ol a mining company, and thought that he was re¬ covering from his malady, but subse¬ quently grew worse, It never led me into crime,” he said, “but would im¬ pel me to get away from those that loved me.” I have often found myself walking in a wilderness, not knowing where I was going. find On waking I was cunning enough to out where I was without betraying my great secret. He married, and had every requisite for domestic happiness. “Last November,” he continued, “my disease assumed another form. I became possessed of an impulse to kill my friends. I could hardly resist an opportunity. The de¬ sire would last but for a moment and pass away, An infant was born to us two months ago. I loved it, was proud of it. When it first looked upon me the desire seized upon me to prey upon its young life. My friends seemed to have been ignorant of my mental con¬ dition. I imparted it to no one, not even to my darli ng wife. I die that others may live. Do I fear to die? No. Feeling as I do that if I lived others may die by my hand, I lay down my life with fortitude. I have struggled for months to keep my hands off my best friends.” Alston also wrote a tender message to his wife, and made the preparations very deliberately for poisoning himself. No Catastrophe Likely to Occur TO Our Globe in 1881.—In spite of Mother Shiplon s prophecy an astrono. mical writer says: There will be no catastrophe in 1881. The conjunction of the four great planets at perihelion is not going to take place. It is an idle scare. It is true that the longitude of the perihelion of three of these planets will bring them somewhat near each other. Jupiter will be in perihelion, I think, about 1881. Saturn will be in conjunction near that time, and Nep tune will not be near enough to help any mischief that may be feared; while the position 1881 of the Tranus in the heav ens in will be about 148 degrees R. A. Every hundred years we have five conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn, and always have had—without the least damage thus far. Being in conjunc tion possibly so near produce to Jupiter’s higher perihelion tides may than usual—as 23,000,000 Jupiter’s miles position the will be of nearer sun and the earth than he is at his mean distance. Let. us not delude ourselves nor be frightened by chimeras. Setting aside Grant’s military pay altogether, and making no account eight of private donations, $300,000 iu years ought to have left him a snug balance. If he has spent it all he has spent it on himself and those belonging to him, and not in the public service. The St. Louis Republican remarks, however, that two year’s travel in Eu¬ rope and a trip around the world, are not usually regarded as indications ot painful poverty. Jefferson was heavily obliged to sell his library, and then died in debt ou account of neglected busi¬ ness. One of our ex-Presidents died a I >auper, and several of them were sore days. y pinched tor money in their latter Morning Mirage. Brilliant Exhibition of the Phenomenon in Dakota. [From the St. Raul Pioneer-Press.] We have had some still, clear, and very cold nights this winter, followed by brilliant .lawns which have been th e U r emar kablP pile P nomen a cZmo^y mirage* taown here as .. morning Dwellers on the prairies who are up betimes, looking to any point of the compass but the north, see on such muc^ morninos SEJ shortlv hoton before th^ah sunrise* a more Miles and miles of country, ordinarily cut oft from the view by rising ground or ° belts eU l° of timber will T be b8 raised r S6d ’ as aS it were, above the ar obstacles. u i Towns m ana ’ other prominent objects twenty miles away clearly are revealed no longer with invisible all hat lies but be- are The windows may^b/counted in houses which at other times can.no more be seen than if they were at the antipodes, and near objects, usually just brou ght ^nuchlcloser. ^As^he; 6 sun s’ orb rises above the horizon, the vision sinks below it. While it lasted a man might “see through a brick wall,” which in the brightest noon will form an im pianation penetrable of barrier this to his vision. An ex far l phenomenon be found is not, so as am awaie, to m our ext-books on physios. The one general ly given of the mirage of the desert ex plains very little of what is seen there, and is wholly inapplicable to the morn ing mirage of northern latitudes. The following explanation, which is based upon laws observed in connection with the wave theory of light, may, there ten; ^ rlw W s inimne” and intere8tiD « t0 60me of "Mnmina Morning mirage is is winf what is is ...11 called 4 “terrestrial refraction” extraordinary, increased by a coincidence of conditions phere only to be met with where the atmos- 10 very cold, dry and clear, and the latitude is so far south that the sun the rises rapidly, eve, in winter. At end of a still night, with the ther mometer some degrees below zero, the atmosphere X is not ± only t^niZ at its greatest ^'ofii 8 prlsent. h L p to us at Optical effects ob served in the Arctic regions favor the theory that this excessive retardation is due to lowness of temperature or some accompanying condition of the atmos phere not indicated by the barometer. But the rising sun raises the tempera ture and lessens the density of higher regions of the air within onr range of vision before it affects the lower, just as it gilds the mountain tops before its beams reach the plain. The difference of density A, and temperature f increases very rapidly, owing to the considerable • i li power of the sun, even within a month of the winter solstice. The curvature of the rays on teredo rial . refraction is to the fact that owing by ht I pa wh which 1 occupies the least «t timp time, and n3 therefore deviates toward the rarer part of the atmosphere, and the morning mirage results from an unusually steep deviation. The appearance of sunrise is always accelerated at this time of year move than that of sunset is retard L VhfneUect\aTn Ft ^1 eTof W the , 3 i • f a P f . , f ’• b - am j n t . resfci [ Uj J t P nnqi3flrah1v u‘ T holnw thp -n seem 10 ra ged above it until warm! the ’ ‘, JL uoper ihe tTe?e is io eurvV Ion “r a lh t0 excessive *i 1D WQ „ osl i _____' ^ ' m m m A * r Llial i.„- ni ,Ulng ; B _ ltaWDmiCal noKK5»,s«ol T^rA^wi There is a rabbinical story which tells the value in which pearls were held in the early ages, only one object in na ture being thought to be placed above them. locked “On approaching Egypt, Abra ham Sarah in a chest, that none Blight behold her dangerous beauty.^ But when he was come to the place of paying customs, the collector said, “l’ay us the customs;” and he said, “I will pay the custom." They said to him,‘ Thou carr'est clothesand he said, “I will pay for clothes.” Then they said to him, “Thou carriest gold ; and he answered them, “I will pay for niy him, gold.” On this they further said to “Surely thou bearest the finest silk; the he replied, “I will pay custom for finest silk.’’ Then said they “Sure ly, it must be pearls that thou takest with thee;” and he only answered, “I will pay for pearls.” Seeing that they could name nothing of value for which the patriarch was not willing to pay custom, they said : “It can not be—but open thou the box and let us see what is within.” So they opened the box, and ‘the whole land of Egypt was ilia - mined by the lustre of. Sarah’s beauty —far exceeding even that of —Progress. It is now said to be the conceded re suit of the recent careful experiments iu Paris, that the electric light light. cannot be produced as cheaply as gas SAVANNAH FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1879. BY TELEGRAPH RANDALL TO BE ELECTED SPEAKER. Marriage Connaught. of the Duke of - A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. w Washington. March 13. I be forces . the Speakership fight have been in sul ficientl dU y crystalized re-election to-day to leave but “>• ^tle “ of the now has «... of cl = Ran uuu UL 01 e ecuoa : mauiuurn . f , . ken . his estimate of the was mis a in Georeia delegation ^mtake Felton is Spiel for an a Emo ^dS y „ re eat ^ of t haf £“ who Udall not r Hammond, there is no reason to doubt, the «“ de “ San Feancisco, March H.-A Port Yakima City Chief gone to to see Mosesand to investigate the situation of Indian affairs. Should the civil authorities attempt to arrest Moses, serious trouble will undoubtedly ensue Goldsboro, N O., March 13.-A difficulty between John occurred Edmonson here on Monday Duncan Johnson, aged aged which 14 and 16, re suited in the death of the former last night. Both are of respectable parent age. jj ew York, March 13 —The body 0 f Bayard Taylor arrived to-day on board the steamship Gellert New York, March 13.-At 10 p. m., the score of the contestants in’llie Jo . n u t n j °oo .« q- ° uJ n ’ Fnni 9qHarrim ’ „ .«V 0 L ' ’ M h 1 ^ '\ f th b ^ for ^ t d ^ br % “ d 1 ^.affording r rr 4 - ?“P'<r 1 / tke prepara ion at Windsor for the e e r [ 'V,, ' a ['- in ; j ' ' ~ , , , a pe , o n e nup ia s o m 11 ■ ' n of J r ™“ ».-o a - b the [.fj A r ]S k ^ hr ou ^ ess an ie ® r eai j 1 u • 1 ain a ^ t . . P rese , “ s are 1S P a y e< ie ^ 11 e i awmg 0 e ca.- e atu are ei J^g at e o. U P ie as ^momen x / ei " ri e o sio P occunet us a. u , noon . ,, 3, ° nin P1j “• ‘p Galla .j ,? her g & C °" w ei 00m wc ,P letel ’ 1 > " >J?' • tur^^ATtr K '| H ,i ' i"^ a,K a " killing Willi* J ohn Lloyd, . J one a,ld of t - the J pro K ,,tors > - “ j" C ' . scattered °.T rer j in ■ eU every raan direction, S e< lu,1 . ' ( lhe ll ' ls cause ein b f P , • f nn ' L nnwn * ^ m m _ “Important I5usiil(*SS . n .. t : i P( arQlW( j ^- s wa i s t an <l a whin in his : hand called at tho Post 0ffice ‘ or a 1( d fcer fgw d a ° and for rea8on8 wbich nQ hum ; n b ing decided may ever un^ derstahd he su ddenly to have his boots blac k e d. and not to pay \ more fchan fiye centg fQr the : ob eitl ei \ The a! first boy invited to begin g work took cool gu of the boots and tiien 8oft . | * re P d lied: like the job, mister, but I “I you see I haven’t time. The Secretary of the Treasury have made another call for outstanding five twenties, and I've got to go to bank.” The second W had alread Y Feared ‘° knoel d <7» ke reali/..d the dimensions of the boots before him, and; snddeuly straightening up he said: i take “Say, I haven’t time. I’ve agreed charge of a saw mill up the for a man who is going away, and I, must be at his office to give S-OiOOO; bonds in just four minutes. Seme other boy’ll be glad of the job.” hand, The and “some when other told boy" that was the near boots at] confidentially must be polished off for a nickel, he i whispered; “Don’t feel disappointed, but you see I the was ’pinted and assignee only of here a big firm ten! up street, I’m to bay thousand postage stamps to begin j on. I’ll send you a boy as I go up." “No he won't," Was the blunt reply of the man as he got out of coors. “I see the game now, but I* can beat it They’re planning to git some fellow whose time is worth about $~0 an hour to put in forty minits on these boots, and then shake me for my load of wood, but they can't come it! — D :rol‘ Frc Press. -----^ «► ----- The new constitution of California is to be submitted to the people ou the first Wednesday ot May. It deprives the unfortunate natives of China nearly all civil rights. They are de nied the right of suffrage, the pm.lege employment on public works, and even the right of residing in ted towns or cities. San Francisco and the next legislature can, lor example, provide for the within removal bounds of the last Chi naman from the ot that city. The Now Congress. Candidates for Office—Secretaryship of the Senate—The Chaplaincy—Speakership of the House—The Fifth Wheel. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore sun j the hew congress. Washington, March ll.-It is rath « P«"*bl. that the Senate Democratic e or ie l^th instant, will . , , q f^ ^scuss a ^ ° ^. 01e an " p , r 1 ® 0 f P° lc y to he pursued during the n and for the session arrange reorg a „ 1Za ^ n of the standing commit g*Jt » likely hat a number & of w Washington , . . before . week, , and, , next „ . m therefore, the matter of changing the lWrly present officers of the Senate can very be Interest put off for a few days The arouSd greatest appears to centre the Secretaryship of the Senate, candXtls^V^W 0 ^ tha ” a If c ™ who bega“ 6 H. ca1" ™s _____ “ kU! „ to at t twelve « fi^baliotratiier ^ *} “ than gain It is very «“ ° e ^ e A °> ie ^P°, C !f 10 ® e “f° rs to . be able to sa ? tbat th «J J , j n n °T , lse encou *' a 2 e . e W1 any promises to the office seekers. This is a3 it stoulJ b as Senators will then have the opportunity to select the best matenal Some of the opponents of Mr. Randal* were in caucus over the situation to da Y> and came to tiie conclusion that Mr - Blackburn was not the strongest man that could be selected to oppose s P eal jership. The name of * [j ci a on, o. 10 , was then sug gested, but it was remarked that it would scarcely do to elect an Ohio man Speaker of the House when an Ohio is President, an Ohio man is chief justice 'Ln of the Supreme Court, an Ohio is an associate J ]ustice, ' an Ohio man is sergeant . at . arms of the HoMe an Ohio man, Judge Thurman, is to be elected President pro tem. of the Senate, ^ Mississippi Ltt^r representative stated that 0 f c t: f eSs -u a the opposition to Mr. Randall, that there were fifteen members now ready to vote for Mr. House, and that he in¬ ^ eU( j e( j t0 n0I ui na t e lum in the caucus.* Vice-President Wheeler, in conver sation to-d;iv, remarked that he ^Bcmglit he should go home and take a rest very shortlv after the beginning of the extra session. Judge Thurman, who will be the Democratic President . therefore be called !, r on to perform the active dudes of the l presiding o officer of the Senate.— • , P , • d is . said, will be rather distastes ful to the Senator, as he is mighty fond k JS ease, but he must take the thorns wit h the flowers, THE Maryland judgeship. The name of ex - Senator Creswell has been mentioned in connection with the United States district judgeship P for Maryland. It is said that if th e aps is tendered Mr. Creswell lie will accept. Col. Blackburn has been visited by numerous friends at his quarters, at Willai ' d ’ s Hotel, and many of them speak very hopefully of his chance for the speakership. Friends of Mr.Randall on the otaer hand, assert that he has lost riod no strength, but, at this early pe of the canvass, all opinions seem to be speculative in character. The contet- lor other olijces are becoming moro animated; but also with no posi live instance, indications—excepting, that perhaps, in of sergeant-at-arms the House, as to what the result will be. — —m m m -- A CnoiCE Selection or Parisian Gossip.—A t Amsterdam the story is related that a gentleman advertised for a wife: he received twenty replies, and gave rendezvous to each. He placed a broom—Dutchmen are fond of brooms, for sweeping even the Eng channel, according to history— across the threshold. The ladies, as they came in, either jumped over it or kicked it aside; only one stooped to pick it up and put it in the corner. She won. A blind beggar sits on the Pont Xeuf, imploring alms; on a card he solicits pity, for “one who has never seen the Exhibition.” Many people with excellent eyesight in Paris have never viewed the Palace. A man ran bareheaded along the Boulevards, shouting “Josephine' Josephine!” It was his “horse” that had disappeared. There is a lodging house for “ man and beast" inside Paris, where horses %v > th full tails are charged higher for their feed th m those whose tails are cut: the former irom being able to a way dies, can eat tranquilly, ’ and more largely. ----- m ^ - Chicago manufactured in 1878 worth $230,000,000, and the State of Minnesota $60,000,000. The Silver Wedding of the Cable. One of the Most Distinguished Gatherings that Ever Assembled on the Continent. - \ Mr. Cyrus W. Field gave a reception on Tuesday evening at his residence, No. 123 East Twenty*first street, New York, to commemorate the twenty-fifth the anniversary first of the successful laying of ocean cable. Eighteen hundred invitations were sent out, and at least fifteen hundred gentlemen responded in person. In response to tumultuous cheering, Mr. Cyrus N. Field spoke, and among many felicitous things said ; “When I look at this ceiling and these walls, all unchanged, and think ot the group, small in number but great in heart, that then gathered around this table, and of what they set on foot, I feel that the achievements of our days have surpassed the marvels of fable and romance. Peter Cooper has written his name on walls of stone and iron; Moses Taylor has heaped up ‘riches and honor ;’ Marshall 0. RoR erts has plowed either ocean with his swift ships; and yet nothing that these men have done has wrought half so much for the world as that*which they that night began. The flag, American and English, wrought into one, which hangs over these windows, is the sign of their constancy in defeat, as of their vietory. That united flag floated at the masthead of the Niagara in the disastrous expedition of 1857 and the partially successful one of 1858; it was run up again at the fore of the Great Eastern for the voyage when she failed in I860, and was kept streaming in the wind on the voyage of 1866 un¬ til it floated over a victorions ship and a great work accomplished. Events have actually outrun their imagination. Little did I dream this night twenty five years ago that within twenty years I should stand beneath the Southern Cross and send from Australasia a mes¬ sage to my northern home darting with the speed of thought across the nearly two thousand miles of Australian de¬ sert. through the Arafura Sea, across the Bay of Bengal and the Sea under of Ara¬ bia, along the Red Sea coast, the Mediterranean and Biscay’s sleepless bay, and finally beneath our own At¬ lantic to this island city, “situate at the entry of the sea.” Seeing that so much has been accomplished in the quarter century past, what may we not expect in the quarter century to come? Then when every part of the earth shall be visited every day by the elec^ trie spark, with its njessages from the peoples of many lands, we may see that understanding which is sure to teach the sons of men that ways of peace are the best ways to prosperity and honor.” Why Bees Work iu the Dark. A lifetime may be spent in investi— gating the mysteries hidden in the bees hive and still half of the secrets would be undiscovered. The formation of the cells has long been a celebrated pro b em for the mathematician, whilst the changes which the honey undergoes offer at least an equal interest to the chemist. Every one knows what honey fresh Horn the comb is like. It is a claar - y ellow 8 X ru P* without a trace of «ohd sugar in it Upon straining how. ever > ltj gradually assumes a crystalline appearance—at candies, as the saying lb and ultimately becomes a solid mass of sugar. ^ has not been suspected that this change was due to a photographic ac F, be ie n Joi^ uioiecuiai ar ““ arrangement e “Sn JofUie oi tne ioT ioa. lde 0l s dy er on fhe excited collodion camphor plate and and determines the formation of iodine crystals in a bottle causes the syrup honey to assume a crystalline lorm. lhis, however, is the £ ase - .B r \ Scheiber has enclosed h° ne y m uastes, some of which he has | n perfect darkness, whilst others have oeen exposed to the light, lhe invariable result has been that the sunned, portion rapidly crystallizes, whilst that kept in the dark remained perfectly liquid. W e now see why bees are so careful obscure the giass windows which are some t ime I )d ^ ce y in their hives. I tie existence of tneir young depends on the liquidity ot the saccharine food | pi’ esen t e d to them, and it light were ai - ,j wed access to this, the syrup would ; 'gradually less solid acquire a more or l consistency; it would seal up the cell, (a ! u ad probability prove false to. . inmates of the hive, ,ttie Rot long before the late Represen Native Schleicher, of Texas, died, he vra3 accuse d iu Congress of being a filibuster and wanting Mexico, He sa ^ d re ply : “Sir, I hesitate to say dt > t> ut I mu8 t 8a y it. God forbid that this country may ever become larger. H is far too large now for the minds and Mrts its legislators.” - — » — I The annual cattle crop of Texas is estimated to be worth $10,000,000; hides 1,800,000; beef in barrels $2,000, l 000, and wool, $1,500,000. PRICE THREE CENTS. Stnst. OST—A TRUNK containing Artist’s Tools. Faints and Pictures. The Under will be suitably EDWIN rowarded. Address. Prof. J. CHURCHILL, Artist. Business Cards* VAL. BASLEIt’S WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACCO The best Lager Beer in the city, The well known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened, Lunch every day from II to 1 o’clock. At the Market Square House, 174 BRYAN ST. Savannah, Ga. F. BINGEL, WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS. Milwaukee and Cincinnati Lager Beer on draught. hand. Free Lunch. Fresh Oysters always on 21 Jefferson st., corner Con ngresR street lane. mchlO-ly JAMES RAY, —Manufacturer and Bottler Mineral Waters, Soda, Porter and Ale, „ feb23-3m Dr. A. H. BEST, DENTIST Cor. Congress and Whitaker streets. SAVANNAH, GA. T EETH guaranteed. extracted without pain, All work I respectfully beg to refer to any of my patrons. octl-bmo C. A. CORTINO, SHAVING SALOON. HOT AND COLD BATHS. 1 Bryan street, opposite the Market, un¬ der Planters’ Hotel. Spanish, Italian. Ger¬ man, and English spokon. saiff-tf HAIR store: JOS. E. L0ISEAU & CO., 118 BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull A Drayton K EEP Switches, on hand Curls, a large Pull's, assortment and Fancy of Goods Hair Hair combings worked in the latest style. Fancy Costumes. Wig s and Boards for Rent GEORGE FEY, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, Ac . The ? e i e ^™J ed Joseph SchllU’ MILWAU KEE LAGER , BEER, a speciality. No. 22 Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah, r Yu ^ every day Irom 11.to I. Carriages* A. K. WILSON’S CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, Corner Bay and West Broad sts. CARRIAGE REPOSITORY . Cor. Bay and Montgomery streets. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA The largest establishment in the city. I keep a full lino of Carriages, Rockaways. Bu ggies. ,,Spring and Farm Wagons, Canopy line of falling Carriage lop Baby Carriages, also a lull and Wagon Material. I have engaged in my factory the raost skillful mo cnanics. Any orders for new work, and re¬ pairing, and short will be executed tc* give satisfaction at notice. may!2-ly Carriages; EAST END Carriage Manufactory. P. O’CONNOR, Corner East Broad, President and York sts. Savannah, Ga. I public beg leave in general to Inform that my I always friends keep and the oil hand a full supply of the best seasoned mate¬ rial and am prepared to execute orders for Wagons, Buggies, Drays, Trucks, Etc., with promptness and dispatch, guaran¬ teeing al I work turned out from my shops to be as represented. nishing. Repairing polishing, in all its branches. Painting, Var¬ done workmanlike lettering and trimming in a manner. Horse-shoeing a specialty. mch2tf Leather and Findings* COMMISSION MERCHANTS And Dealers in HIDES, LEATHER AND FINDINGS, 108 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. H IGHEST Wool. Sheep Market Skins, Price Furs, paid Deer for Hides, Skins. Beeswax and Tallow. A full supply of the best French and Ameri¬ can Liberal Tannages constantly kept on hand. advances made on consignments. No business transacted on Saturday. :n ran :rrraD ^^UR book for orders for Passover Bread IS now open. Our Machinery being new and of the best kind, we will be able to lurnlsh a first-class article. Our price will compare favorably with Northern and Westeru manu¬ facturers. No charge for drayage. Please send your orders to nram, mm & w Cor. Bay and; Barnard.sts..* X6bl2-5w
